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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W'. FULLER, OF LITTLE RIVER, KANSAS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,504, dated November27, 1888.

Application filed April l2, 1888.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. FULLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Little River, in the county of Rice and State ofKansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fences; and it consists incertain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a fenceembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of thetightening-posts. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is aview of one of the fence-posts. Fig. 5 is a detaiiperspective View ofone of the tightening-spools, and Fig. 6 is a view of the clineher.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the rigid posts, whichare set in the ground at suitable points along the line of the proposedfence and firmly secured. The fencewires are passed through staplessecured to the posts and are secured at their ends in the usual or anypreferred manner. These posts are made of metal and are concave-convexin cross-section and provided with straight flattened side edges, asshown, to permit the attachment oi" horizontal wooden rails, when sodesired. At proper points along the line of the fence I erect the hollowcylindrical tightening-posts B, which are securedin the ground by meansof stakes C,passed in reverse directions through a band, D, secured tothe lower portion of the post. A vertical series of openings, E,arranged in pairs, extends longitudinally of the posts, the openings ofeach pair diverging inward, as shown in Fig. 3. The staples F areinserted through these openings, and the fence-wires are passed throughthe staples. Thedivergingarrangenientoftheopenings causes the legs ofthe staples to spread as they are inserted through the same,and theinner ends of the said legs are clinched against the inner side of thepost by means of the clincher G. (Shown in Fig. 6.) Thisclincherconsists of two spring-bars, H, provided with wedges I at theirlower ends, the said wedges being so arranged as to entirely fill theinterior of the posts when the clincher is placed therein. One

of the bars H is provided with a laterally-pro- Serial No. 270,413. (Nomodel.)

jecting loop, J, which is secured thereto and passes around the otherbar,H. Aset-screw, K, is mounted in this loop and bears against the freebar, so as to secure the same within upper ends with the angular iiangeslVLadapted to be engaged by a wrench, and at their lower ends withflanges N, havingaseries of ratchetteeth in their under sides andprovided 0n their upper sides with the spurs I. In operation theratchet-teeth are arranged to engage one of the staples on the post andthe fenee-wire is passed around the spurs.

From the foregoing description, taken in in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a verysimple and efficient fence, which is very strong and durable. Inpractice the fcneewires are stretched by rotating the sleeves or drumson the cylindrical posts, and independent wire-stretehers are therebydispensed with. In order to prevent the rotation of the post whilestretching a wire, some ofthe drums or sleeves are provided with teethturned toward the right, while the others have teeth turned to the left.

The advantages of my fence are thought to be obvious, and detailedreference thereto is thought to be unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

l. The combination, with the cylindrical post having staples securedtherein, of the drums or sleeves mounted thereon and provided at theirlower ends with ratchetteeth engaging said staples, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the cylindrical posts having staples securedtherein, ofthe drums mounted on the posts and having angular flan ges attheir upper ends and provided at IOO having ratchet-teeth engaging thestap1es,the Wires passed around the drums and extending between theposts, and anchor-stakes secured to the lower ends of the posts andpassed into the ground, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixedmy signaturein presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD NV. FULLER.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs W. BOETNER, HOWARD H. GILOHRIsT.

